🏆 Teens 🏆 20s 🏆 30s 🏆 40s ❓ 50s Will 50-year-old John Higgins become the first player in snooker history to win a ranking event in five different decades of their life? 'The Wizard' is through to the International Championship semi-finals. #WeLoveSnooker

Four players remain at the 2025 International Championship in Nanjing and the competition is gorgeously wide open. We are guaranteed a China v Scotland final on Sunday. 🇨🇳 Wu Yize v Zhao Xintong 🇨🇳 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 John Higgins v Stephen Maguire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📷: World Snooker Tour

Friends. Practice partners. World Cup winners together. John Higgins and Stephen Maguire will face each other in an all-Scottish International Championship semi-final! Higgins made breaks of 112 and 116 in a 6-2 win over Shaun Murphy, and Maguire dismissed Zak Surety 6-1. #WeLoveSnooker

Wu Yize got a surprise when he was told the International Championship semi-finals are the best of 17 frames! 🤣 📷: World Snooker Tour #WeLoveSnooker

𝗭𝗛𝗔𝗢 𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗪𝗨 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗟𝗟-𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗜-𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 World Champion Zhao Xintong ousts Mark Selby 6-5 to reach the last four of the International Championship where he will face Chinese compatriot Wu Yize. 📷: George Wood/Getty Images #WeLoveSnooker

𝗪𝗨 𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗦 Wow! Wu Yize whitewashes Barry Hawkins 6-0 with breaks of 66, 64, 73, 85, 111 and 86 to reach the last four of the International Championship. The 22-year-old has now won his last 12 frames in the event. Is this going to be his big breakthrough tournament? 📷: WST

📰 NEWS: The formation of the Professional Snooker Players' Association is gathering pace with the new body opening up membership to the entire WST player roster. We look at how we got here and what changes the players appear to be pushing for 👇 #WeLoveSnooker

🔒 The quarter-finals are set in Nanjing. Who will take the 2025 International Championship title? 🤔 Shaun Murphy v John Higgins Zak Surety v Stephen Maguire Wu Yize v Barry Hawkins Mark Selby v Zhao Xintong 📷: Oli Scarff/Getty Images #WeLoveSnooker

𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗵𝘂𝗶 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁! ❌ Shaun Murphy made breaks of 104, 81, 114, 88 and 67 in a 6-2 win over Ding to make the last eight of the International Championship. Can Murphy make it three finals within six weeks? #WeLoveSnooker

📰 REPORT: Wu Yize 'proud of himself' after battling back to defeat world number one Judd Trump and reach the quarter-finals of the International Championship 👇 #WeLoveSnooker

WHAT A COMEBACK FROM WU! Wu Yize trailed Judd Trump 4-0 before stringing together six consecutive frames to defeat the world number one 6-4 and reach the quarter-finals of the International Championship. 📷: World Snooker Tour #WeLoveSnooker

📰 REPORT: Five of the world's top 10 ranked players won matches during Tuesday's evening session at the International Championship: #WeLoveSnooker

📋 Tuesday's evening session results from the International Championship: N. Robertson 6-3 Yuan He 5-6 Jiang Surety 6-5 Hill Trump 6-3 Saengkham Un-Nooh 4-6 Donaldson Murphy 6-4 Slessor Ding 6-4 Highfield Selby 6-3 Wells #WeLoveSnooker

One of the few titles that Neil Robertson doesn't have on his CV, the Australian is into the last 16 of the 2025 International Championship after a 6-3 win over Yuan Sijun. The two-time runner-up top scored with a 112 in the opening frame. #WeLoveSnooker

📋 Tuesday's afternoon session results from the International Championship: Maguire 6-4 K. Wilson Jak Jones 3-6 Hawkins McGill 6-4 J. Robertson Lisowski 6-5 O'Sullivan Vafaei 3-6 Higgins Lei 5-6 Zhao Zhang 3-6 Wu G. Wilson 0-6 Si #WeLoveSnooker

An absolutely crazy finish to that match, Jack Lisowski SOMEHOW ousts Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-5 to reach the last 16 of the International Championship. Lisowski led 5-3 and spurned several golden chances to get the job done, but cleared brown to black in the deciding frame to eventually go through!

8️⃣ of the world's top 🔟 are in the last 32 of the International Championship: ✅ Judd Trump ✅ Kyren Wilson ✅ Neil Robertson ✅ Ronnie O'Sullivan ✅ John Higgins ✅ Ding Junhui ✅ Shaun Murphy ✅ Mark Selby #WeLoveSnooker

📰 REPORT: A summary of Monday's action from the International Championship as Jack Lisowski set up a tasty last 32 date with Ronnie O'Sullivan in Nanjing! #WeLoveSnooker

Shaun Murphy avoided what would have been a famous, shock elimination as he ousted 14-year-old amateur Wang Xinzhong, 6-5, at the International Championship to reach the last 32. Wang made breaks of 81, 100, 58, 105 & 74, but Murphy took the final two frames to deny the youngster. #WeLoveSnooker

Wow! Snooker's newest ranking event champion Jack Lisowski compiled FOUR century breaks (127, 103, 115, 130) as he defeated Louis Heathcote 6-4 to reach round three of the International Championship. He'll play Ronnie O'Sullivan on Tuesday in a blockbuster showdown. #WeLoveSnooker

From 2-0 down, Ronnie O'Sullivan won six consecutive frames - scoring a break of 106 along the way - to defeat Sanderson Lam 6-2 and reach the last 32 of the International Championship. Reigning world champion Zhao Xintong also made a century break as he too progressed in Nanjing. #WeLoveSnooker

Defending champion Ding Junhui means 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 this week in Nanjing. After whitewashing David Grace 6-0, today he defeated Michael Holt 6-1. He has already made SIX century breaks: 116, 104, 102, 115, 134, 111 (five of these came in six frames across the two games). #WeLoveSnooker

✅ 6-4 v Bai Yulu ✅ 6-1 v Robbie Williams What a day it was for 14-year-old wildcard Wang Xinzhong as he eliminated two professionals from the International Championship! The youngster will face Shaun Murphy in the last 64 on Monday... 📷: World Snooker Tour #WeLoveSnooker

📰 It's back to business for Jack Lisowski in Nanjing, but he'll have to come down from cloud nine first! 'Jack-Pot' has spoken about his Northern Ireland Open celebrations 👇 #WeLoveSnooker

🤏 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗕𝗬 𝗦𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗘𝗭𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛 A two-time winner of the International Championship, Mark Selby ousts Liu Hongyu, 6-5, to reach the last 32 of this year's competition. #WeLoveSnooker

𝗢'𝗦𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟰 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 Ronnie O'Sullivan was in trouble at 4-2 down. Then he made breaks of 100, 119, 129 and 128 to oust Allan Taylor, 6-5, and reach the last 64 of the International Championship! #WeLoveSnooker

📋 2025 Champion of Champions draw: Mark Williams v Alfie Burden Mark Selby v Stephen Maguire Neil Robertson v Tom Ford John Higgins v Xiao Guodong Kyren Wilson v Jack Lisowski Mark Allen v Zhao Xintong Shaun Murphy v Lei Peifan Judd Trump v Bai Yulu #WeLoveSnooker

The upcoming International Championship is the final counting event towards seeding for the UK Championship. The top 16 in the world rankings after Nanjing will be the seed players for York (provided they all enter the Triple Crown event). 📷: World Snooker Tour

⚖️ Joe Johnson weighs in on the 147 v nine-darter debate. The former world snooker champion's answer may be a surprising one, but is it fair after the recent, sustained flurry of maximums on the professional circuit? 👇 #WeLoveSnooker

👻 It's Ronnie Oooooooooo'Sullivan! Come on then, name us your spooky snooker players 🎃

📋 A busy and lucrative November ahead on the professional snooker circuit: ▪️ International Championship (2-9) ▪️ Champion of Champions (10-16) ▪️ Riyadh Season Championship (19-21) ▪️ UK Championship Qualifying (22-27) ▪️ UK Championship (starts on the 29th) 📷: World Snooker Tour

The 2025 Champion of Champions line-up is complete ✅️ World seniors champion Alfie Burden gets in after all, with record four-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan not on the list. Full story here 👇 #WeLoveSnooker

Liam Pullen collects the £5,000 highest break prize from the 2025 Northern Ireland Open for his effort of 143 during the qualifying rounds. The highest break at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast was a 137 made by three players: Mark Allen, Ali Carter, and Pang Junxu. 📷: World Snooker Tour

📊 Despite reaching the Belfast final, world number one Judd Trump's lead at the top of the world rankings has been cut by nearly £50k. This, and other stories from the updated snooker standings, here 👇 #WeLoveSnooker

Glory after grief. Newly minted Northern Ireland Open champion Jack Lisowski opened up about a change of attitude to his snooker following the passing of his father earlier this year.

🏆 The eighth different champion from eight events this season. How open and competitive the World Snooker Tour is right now! Jack Lisowski becomes the newest first-time champion since Lei Peifan's victory at the Scottish Open last December. 📷: World Snooker Tour #WeLoveSnooker

🏆 𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗪𝗦𝗞𝗜, 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡! Emotional scenes at the Waterfront Hall as Jack Lisowski ousts world number one Judd Trump 9-8 to win the 2025 Northern Ireland Open, his maiden ranking event title.

Judd Trump has played in 34 Home Nations Series events, and he has reached the final in 11 of them! Incredible consistency 💪 #WeLoveSnooker

📰 REPORT: Judd Trump and Jack Lisowski will contest Sunday's 2025 Northern Ireland Open final 👇 #WeLoveSnooker

Lisowski Zhou Trump Allen Four players remain in pursuit of the 2025 Northern Ireland Open title. 📷: World Snooker Tour #WeLoveSnooker

🏆 Congratulations to John Parrott on winning this week's edition of Richard Osman's House of Games! For those that aren't aware, this is a popular celebrity game show in the United Kingdom on the BBC. #WeLoveSnooker

📰 REPORT: The semi-finals line-up at the 2025 Northern Ireland Open is complete after Mark Allen and Zhou Yuelong filled the last two slots for Saturday's action at the Waterfront Hall 👇 #WeLoveSnooker

🎰 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶 𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗼𝘁? He dethroned title holder Kyren Wilson 5-3 - registering runs of 63, 68, 104 and 76 in the process - to reach the semi-finals of the Northern Ireland Open. Lisowski will face either Tom Ford or Zhou Yuelong on Saturday afternoon in Belfast.

⭐ Judd Trump is at it again in Belfast! The world number one and record four-time Northern Ireland Open winner is through to the semi-finals after a 5-2 win over John Higgins. Trump made breaks of 93, 82, 72 and 72 before wrapping up with a 121. 📷: George Wood/Getty Images #WeLoveSnooker

📊 Judd Trump has won his last 12 ranking event matches against John Higgins. Will that streak continue today? The two meet in the quarter-finals of the Northern Ireland Open. 📷: Nigel Roddis/Getty Images #WeLoveSnooker

Kyren Wilson 🆚 Jack Lisowski Tom Ford 🆚 Zhou Yuelong Judd Trump 🆚 John Higgins Mark Allen 🆚 Jordan Brown 8️⃣ players left. Who lifts The Alex Higgins Trophy on Sunday? #WeLoveSnooker

Mark Allen continues his 💯% record on this season's Home Nations Series - he has now won 9 out of 9 matches. Allen top scored with a 137 in the opening frame of his 4-1 victory over Aaron Hill to reach the quarter-finals of his home event, the Northern Ireland Open. #WeLoveSnooker

Judd Trump ❤️s playing in the Northern Ireland Open! The record four-time winner made breaks of 132, 95 and 83 as he defeated Gary Wilson 4-1 to reach the last eight in Belfast. World number one Trump has now reached the quarter-finals of this event in 7 of the last 8 years. #WeLoveSnooker

🗣️ Shaun Murphy believes it's time to ditch the prize money-based ranking system. Do you agree? 🤔 #WeLoveSnooker

📰 NEWS: Has Ronnie O'Sullivan been shoehorned into the Champion of Champions at the expense of seniors champ Alfie Burden? We try to explain the confusion around next month's Champion of Champions qualification list, and why it is proving controversial: #WeLoveSnooker